Adjustable window-shade and lace-curtain fixture.



No. 678,l59. Patented July 9, l90l.

v 0.1L cmmon. ADJUSTABLE WINDDW SHADE AND LACE CURTAIN FIXTURE 1 (Applicltion fll'od In; 98, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORIN H. CANNON, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

ADJUSTABLE WINDOW-SHADE AND LACE-CURTAIN, FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 678,159, dated July 9, 1901.

Application filed January 23, 1901. Serialll'o. 44,334. (No model.) v

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ORIN H. CANNON, of the city of Decatur, countyof Macon, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Adjustable Window-Shade and Lace- Curtain Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides brackets adj ustable sidewise on the window-casing to accommodate shade-rollers and curtain-poles of different lengths; and it is adapted to sustain either the large wooden poles or the smaller metal rods used by some as a substitute for wooden poles.

The invention is exemplified in the structure hereinafter described, and it is defined in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective representation of one of my fixtures. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the fixture. Fig. 3 is a face elevation of the fixture. Fig. 4 is a face elevation of the inner surface of the plate that forms a support for the bracket.

The plate 9, that is attached to the windowframe to form a support in which the bracket may slide, has its central part 10 struck outward to form an embracing-band for the slidebar of the bracket, and it has a set-screw 11 in the struck-out band that engages the slide of the bracket to hold the same in place. Holes 12 in the ends of the plate provide for the insertion of securing-screws. The slide member of the bracket of the fixture comprises a bar 1 of suitable length to provide required adjustment and of suitable crosssectional dimensions to fit snugly in the slidepassage formed in plate 9 by striking out the central band 10. The roller-supporting lug 2 is fastened to the slide-bar near one of the ends thereof, and it extends from the slide-bar at right angles therewith. A slot 3 is formed in the end of lug 2 to receive a bearing of the shade-roller. The bracket for the wooden curtain -pole comprises a strip of metal 4, secured to the end of the slide-bar adjacent to the shade supporting lug, extended obliquely upward and outward therefrom and hooked at its end, as shown at 5, to form a concaved support for an end of the curtain-pole. A brace-strip 6 is connected with the'lower end of the pole-sustaining bracket-strip 4 at thelower end thereof, it

brace-strip greatly increases the strength of the bracket and the ring 8 provides a holder through which an end of a metal curtain-rod,

may be inserted.

The plate 9 is attached to a side ofa windew-casing at a suitable location thereon, the slide-bar is insertedthrough the space between the body of the plate and the struckout part thereof, and when the bracket and lug are adjusted to suit the length of the shade-roller the set-screwll is tightened and the slide-bar secured in place. The slidebar is held from contact with the casing the thickness of the plate, so avoiding rubbing against the casing, and it is held firmly against rocking motion by the embracing band 10.

The left-hand fixture is the one herein shown and described, and it will be understood that the oppositefixture is made the same as the one shown, except that the relation of the bracket to the plate is reversed and that a hole is all that is needed in the shade-roller lug.

I claim- In a shade and curtain fixture the combination of a supporting-bracket, a bar longitudinally slidable in the bracket and adapted to sustain a shade-roller, a pole-sustaining strip connected with an end of the bar, extended outward and upward therefrom and hooked at its extended end, and a brace-bar connected with the slidable bar at the connection of the pole-sustaining strip therewith, extended obliquely upward and outward to the oblique extension of the pole-sustaining strip and thence outward to the hook of the pole-sustaining strip where it forms a rodsupporting ring.

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CRIN H. CANNON.

Witnesses:

W. D. EOKMAN, J. E. PATTERSON. 

